● Kedarnath Temple → It is located in Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand), near Mandakini River. It is part of "Chota Char
Dham" (Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath, Badrinath). "Bada Char Dham" consists of Puri, Rameswaram, Dwaraka,
Badrinath.
● Kashi Vishwanath Temple → It is located in Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), near Ganga River. Modern day Kashi
Vishwanath Temple was built by 'Ahilya Bai Holkar'.
● Baidyanath Temple → It is located in Deoghar (Jharkhand).
● Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Temple → It is in Andhra Pradesh.
● Ramanathaswamy Temple → It is located in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.
● Grishneshwar Temple → It is in Maharashtra, near Ellora Caves.
● Trimbakeshwar Temple → It is in Nashik, Maharashtra. Near Godavari River.
● Bhimashankar Temple → It is in Maharashtra, near River Bhima.
● Nageshwar Temple → Gujarat.
● Somnath Temple → Gujarat.
● Mahakaleshwar Temple → It is in Ujjain, MP. near the Shipra River. Kumbh Mela is also organised here.
● Omkareshwar Temple → It is in Madhya Pradesh, near Narmada River.
● Dilwara Temple → It is in Mt Abu, Rajasthan.
Surrounded by Aravalli Ranges. Gurushikhar in Mt.
Abu is the highest peak of the Aravalli Ranges.
Brahma Kumaris Organization HQ is also in Mt Abu.
● Dwarkadhish Temple → It is located at
Dwarka,Gujarat.
● Somnath Temple → It is in Gir Somnath
District,Gujarat.
● Kedarnath Temple → It is dedicated to Lord Shiva.
Located in Uttarakhand.
● Badrinath Temple → It is dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
Located in Uttarakhand.
● Venkateswara Temple → also known as Tirupati
Balaji Temple. It is in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh.
● Sri Sita Ramachandraswamy Temple → Telangana.
● Gnana Saraswati Temple → It is located on the
banks of Godavari River at Basar, Telangana.
● Ranganathaswamy Temple → Tiruchirappalli,Tamil
Nadu.
● Meenakshi Temple → It is located in the city of
Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
● Mahabalipuram Temple → Mamallapuram, Tamil
Nadu.
● Arunachaleswarar Temple → Tamil Nadu.
● Brihadeeswarar Temple → Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
● Khajuraho Temple → It is a UNESCO World
Heritage Site. Madhya Pradesh also has 2 other World
Heritage Sites (Sanchi Stupa, Bhimbetka Caves).
● Chaturbhuj Temple → Situated at Orchha,Niwari,
Madhya Pradesh.
● Shani Shingnapur Temple → Maharashtra.
● Siddhivinayak Temple → Mumbai, Maharashtra.
● Shri Saibaba Sansthan Temple → Shirdi,Maharashtra.
● Padmanabhaswamy Temple → Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala.
● Guruvayur Temple → Kerala.
● Vadakkunnathan Temple → Thrissur, Kerala. The
Thrissur pooram festival is held every year at this
temple.
● Sri Ayyappa Temple → Kerala. also Known as
Sabarimala Temple.
● Murdeshwar Temple → Shiva Temple, Karnataka.
● Sri Mookambika Temple → Karnataka, near
Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary.
● Virupaksha Temple → Karnataka, It is part of
Pattadakal Group of Temples.
● Hoysaleswara Temple → Karnataka, Karnataka Govt
trying to get World Heritage Site status for Hoysala
Group of Temples. Hampi Temples and Pattadakal
Group of Temples of Karnataka already have status of
World Heritage Sites.
● Gommateshwara Temple → Jain Temple, Karnataka..
● Sringeri Temple → Karnataka.
● Amarnath Temple → Lord Shiva, Jammu and
Kashmir.
● Vaishno Devi Temple → Katra, Jammu and Kashmir.
● Ranbireshwar Temple → Jammu and Kashmir.
● Raghunath Temple → Jammu and Kashmir.
● Jagannath Temple → Puri, Odisha.
● Gundicha Temple → Puri, Odisha.
● Konark Sun Temple → Konark, Odisha. It is part of
Iconic Sites in India.
● Rajarani Temple → Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
● Mukteshwar Temple → Bhubaneswar.
● Lingaraj Temple → Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
● Brahmeshwar Temple → Bhubaneswar.
● Dakshineswar Kali Temple → Kolkata, West
Bengal.
● Kirateshwar Mahadev Temple → Sikkim
● Malinithan Temple → Arunachal.
● Kamakhya Temple → Guwahati, Assam.
Ambubachi mela is held at Kamakhya Temple every
year.
● Banke Bihari Temple → Vrindavan, Mathura, Uttar
Pradesh.
● Keshavdeva Temple → Uttar Pradesh.
● Lotus Temple → Delhi
● Markandeshwar Temple → Haryana.
● Nag Vasuki Temple → Allahabad, UP.
● Hadimbadevi Temple → Manali, Himachal Pradesh.
● Durgiana Temple → Amritsar, Punjab.
● Golden Temple → Amritsar, Punjab.
● Baijnath Temple → Kangra, Himachal. Lord Shiva
Temple.
● Bodh Gaya → Bihar, Gautama Buddha attained
enlightenment.
● Bhorumdeo Temple → Chhattisgarh.
● Tripureshwari Devi, Tripura Sundari Temple →
Tripura Government made their official tea named
after this temple.
Temple Architecture : -
● Mainly there are 3 styles (शैली) of Temple Architecture in India.
● Nagar Style (शैली) - North Indian temples are built in this style.
● Dravida Style (शैली) - South Indian temples are built in this style.
● Vesara Style(शैली) - Middle Indian temples (temples between Vindhya Range in North and Krishna River in South),
it's a mixture of Nagar and Dravida Style.
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